No Free Pass for Felons Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6263 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6263 To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to limit eligibility for certain Federal law enforcement and public safety grants based on minimum pretrial public safety standards, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 21, 2025 Mr. Harrigan (for himself and Mr. Nehls) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to limit eligibility for certain Federal law enforcement and public safety grants based on minimum pretrial public safety standards, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``No Free Pass for Felons Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Violent offenders released on unsecured or cashless bail pose a significant risk to public safety. (2) Federal funds should not subsidize policies that release repeat violent offenders without meaningful judicial review. (3) The Supreme Court has upheld preventive detention as constitutional (United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739 (1987)). (4) Conditioning Federal grants on minimum public safety standards is a valid exercise of Congress's